ICC Cloud Computing & Services 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which IICS service is specifically designed to manage and govern metadata across hybrid and multi-cloud environments?
- Cloud Data Integration
- Cloud Data Quality
- Cloud Data Governance and Catalog (Correct answer)
- Cloud Mass Ingestion
Correct answer: Cloud Data Governance and Catalog
Cloud Data Governance and Catalog (formerly Enterprise Data Catalog) discovers, catalogs, and governs metadata across diverse data sources.
Question 2: What distinguishes a multi-cloud strategy from a hybrid cloud strategy?
- Multi-cloud uses only public providers; hybrid combines public and private clouds (Correct answer)
- Multi-cloud uses only private clouds; hybrid adds on-premises hardware
- Multi-cloud avoids cloud providers entirely; hybrid uses both cloud and edge
- Multi-cloud and hybrid cloud are interchangeable terms
Correct answer: Multi-cloud uses only public providers; hybrid combines public and private clouds
Multi-cloud uses services from multiple public cloud vendors, while hybrid cloud integrates public cloud with private cloud or on-premises infrastructure.
Question 3: In IICS Cloud Data Integration, what is a 'mapping task'?
- A reusable mapping logic definition without execution details
- A runtime instance that executes a mapping with specific connection and schedule settings (Correct answer)
- A script that auto-generates source-to-target column mappings
- A governance policy that maps data lineage across systems
Correct answer: A runtime instance that executes a mapping with specific connection and schedule settings
A mapping task is a runnable task that references a mapping and supplies runtime parameters such as connections, schedules, and advanced session properties.
Question 4: Which AWS service is Informatica Cloud most commonly integrated with for scalable data warehousing?
- Amazon DynamoDB
- Amazon Redshift (Correct answer)
- Amazon Glacier
- Amazon Route 53
Correct answer: Amazon Redshift
Amazon Redshift is AWS's petabyte-scale cloud data warehouse and a primary target for IICS data integration pipelines.
Question 5: What does 'measured service' mean under NIST's cloud computing definition?
- Resources are pre-allocated in fixed monthly blocks
- Usage is monitored, controlled, and billed based on consumption (Correct answer)
- Physical servers are measured for heat output and power draw
- Network bandwidth is measured at the edge router only
Correct answer: Usage is monitored, controlled, and billed based on consumption
Measured service means cloud systems automatically control and optimize resource usage, providing transparency for both the provider and the consumer via metered billing.
Question 6: When using IICS to load data into Snowflake, which file staging approach typically yields the best bulk load performance?
- Row-by-row INSERT statements
- JDBC batch commits of 1,000 rows
- Staging data in cloud storage (S3/Azure Blob) then using COPY INTO (Correct answer)
- Loading through a REST API endpoint
Correct answer: Staging data in cloud storage (S3/Azure Blob) then using COPY INTO
Staging files in cloud object storage and using Snowflake's COPY INTO command bypasses row-level overhead and leverages Snowflake's optimized bulk ingestion engine.
Question 7: Which cloud concept describes the ability to access services from any device over a standard network without requiring specialized client software?
- On-demand self-service
- Broad network access (Correct answer)
- Resource pooling
- Rapid elasticity
Correct answer: Broad network access
Broad network access means cloud capabilities are available over the network and accessed through standard mechanisms (browsers, mobile apps, APIs) on heterogeneous platforms.
ICC Cloud Computing & Services 3
Which IICS service is specifically designed to manage and govern metadata across hybrid and multi-cloud environments?